Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is an English retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 with 155 wins. He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007.
He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes on Attraction. He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing.
Married with two daughters, he retired as a jockey in November 2007, after a disappointing year blighted by niggling injuries.
Statistics
Flat wins in Great Britain by year, from 1988
Year Wins Runs Strike rate Total earnings 1988 38 508 7 £160,598 1989 70 581 12 £281,705 1990 83 612 14 £387,295 1991 66 576 11 £344,763 1992 91 569 16 £388,874 1993 144 829 17 £836,339 1994 154 946 16 £1,104,241 1995 148 913 16 £1,207,863 1996 113 867 13 £1,106,077 1997 128 841 15 £1,022,152 1998 94 734 13 £791,856 1999 118 855 14 £1,042,652 2000 155 997 16 £2,306,168 2001 161 984 16 £2,384,295 2002 113 800 14 £2,646,261 2003 125 871 14 £1,877,988 2004 85 822 10 £1,779,738 2005 100 723 14 £1,342,366 2006 75 604 12 £1,396,144 2007 62 530 12 £770,876
Major wins Great Britain 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004) Coronation Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2004) Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - Shamardal (2004) Golden Jubilee Stakes - (1) - Malhub (2002) Haydock Sprint Cup - (2) - Pipalong (2000), Reverence (2006) Nunthorpe Stakes - (2) - Coastal Bluff (1997, dead heat), Reverence (2006) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - (2) - Observatory (2000), Where or When (2002) Racing Post Trophy - (3) - Celtic Swing (1994), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002) St. Leger - (1) - Bollin Eric (2002) Sun Chariot Stakes - (4) - La Confederation (1994), Warning Shadows (1995), Attraction (2004), Peeress (2005) Yorkshire Oaks - (1) - Super Tassa (2001)
Canada E. P. Taylor Stakes - (1) - Fraulein (2002)
France Prix du Jockey Club - (1) - Celtic Swing (1995) Prix de l'Opéra - (1) - Kinnaird (2005)
Germany Aral-Pokal - (1) - River North (1994) Deutsches Derby - (1) - Belenus (1999)
Ireland Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004) Matron Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2005) Moyglare Stud Stakes - (1) - Bianca Nera (1996)
Italy Premio Presidente della Repubblica - (1) - Flagbird (1995) Premio Vittorio di Capua - (1) - Port Lucaya (1994)
References
External links Biography Jockeysroom.com Profile National Thoroughbred Racing Association Kevin Darley BBC Sport
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